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Singapore Business Review removes commentary on "Ang Mos"

Singapore Business Review removed a commentary by STEFANO VIRGILLI about "5 things 'Ang Mo' people dislike about doing business in Singapore" and cited that it did not "has been removed for not being in line with the contributor guidelines for sbr.com.sg".

Thanks to Google Cache, the act of removing the article is just an act of something worth hiding and is easily available with just a Google Search.

Singapore will soon exempt local operators, Singapore Pools and Turf Club, from online gambling ban and the sites will be ready in November 2016.

Ministry of Home Affairs explained that a complete ban on remote gambling drives demand and activities
underground, and may create larger incentives for criminal syndicates to
target Singapore."

Yet in a 2012 survey by the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCG) found that those who gamble online have the poorest control.

Source: https://app.msf.gov.sg/Portals/0/Summary/research/EDGD/Gambling%20participation%20survey%202011.pdf
For those who indulged in online gambling, 30.4% said they gambled for a longer period than they planned to, 33.3% gambled with more money than they planned and 29.2% gambled more frequently they planned to.
Will launching the online gambling sites be like opening a Pandora Box that will create more issues in the future?